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ERIC Number: EJ642261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
Class Size and Eighth-Grade Math Achievement in the United States and Abroad.
Pong, Suet-ling; Pallas, Aaron
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v23 n3 p251-73 Fall 2001
Uses data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to examine the relationship between class size and mathematics achievement in nine countries. In no country other than the United States was a beneficial effect found for small class sizes. Except in Hong Kong, neither curricular coverage nor instructional practices mediates the relationship between class size and mathematics achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Class Size, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, International Education, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Third International Mathematics and Science Study
Note: Research supported by a grant from the American Educational Research Association, with partial support from the Population Research Institute.